Monthly Archives: July 2006

San Francisco housing groups and community activists will celebrate the anniversary of the SF Housing Justice Movement on Friday. The event will be held a year from the date of the first Housing Justice Summit, where 80 housing groups cameRead More »

Tonight, I’ll have the priviledge of performing at the Edgetone Music Summit, an artist organized event founded in 2001 with fiscal sponsorship from 21 Grand Gallery, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization in Oakland. The Summit exclusively features independent artists mostRead More »

THE CENSOR…A voyeurs delight
Before I get into telling you about The Last Planet Theaters intriguing production of “The Censor”, I will regale you with a pre-theater drama.
It was Friday night, the opening of “The Censor” – I hadRead More »

Dear Editor…
First, an overall thanks to everyone who contributes to Beyondchron, so we can get some actual (daily) news which isn’t either inspired by or censored by greed.
And then, thanks for the article on how public transit canRead More »

On July 24, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton issued her “American Dream Initiative,” a policy agenda that will presumably be the centerpiece of her presidential campaign. Although Clinton is the current frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, her 20-page plan was relegatedRead More »

Last week workers in San Francisco won a major victory through the passage of Tom Ammiano’s universal health security ordinance. The ordinance, which guaranteed coverage for the uninsured residents of the city, affirmed the mayor and Board of Supervisors’ supportRead More »

With tales of dysfunctional families and idiosyncratic characters now dominating American fiction, entire novels take place outside of any particular social tableau. Fiction that depicts people as shaped by the politics of their times, or that discusses social and economicRead More »

In our piece on the mythical LA-SF feud over the 49ers, we stated that Senator Barbara Boxer had announced she would not seek re-election in 2010. This statement was in error, and we appreciate the Senator’s staff pointing this outRead More »